Hundreds attend the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit, with headliner Smokey Robinson, at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease. Smokey Robinson performs for the crowd. less

Hundreds attend the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit, with headliner Smokey Robinson, at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease. ... more

Hundreds attend the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit, with headliner Smokey Robinson, at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease. Smokey Robinson performs for the crowd. less

Hundreds attend the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit, with headliner Smokey Robinson, at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease. ... more

Smokey Robinson performs for the crowd during the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease.

Smokey Robinson performs for the crowd during the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease.

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Hundreds attend the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit, with headliner Smokey Robinson, at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease. Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford start off the evening. less

Hundreds attend the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit, with headliner Smokey Robinson, at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease. ... more

Hundreds attend the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit, with headliner Smokey Robinson, at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease. Andrea and Phil Marcella, parents of Dana, for whom the organization is named, thank the audience. less

Hundreds attend the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit, with headliner Smokey Robinson, at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease. ... more

Hundreds attend the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit, with headliner Smokey Robinson, at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease. Sotheby's auctioneer August Uribe seeks bids from the audience. less

Hundreds attend the Dana's Angels Research Trust benefit, with headliner Smokey Robinson, at the Palace Theatre in Stamford, Friday May 14, 2010. Proceeds will benefit research for Neimann-Pick Type C disease. ... more